One day, the mouse deer, an animal that he said was smart, was walking on the edge of the forest. Since it was too dark in the forest because the trees were also very dense, he just wanted to get some fresh air while watching the bright sun shine. The Kancil wanted to bask in the sun for a while. Precisely after arriving at the edge of a large river, he felt his stomach was very hungry.

"Krucuk ... krucuk ..." that's about the sound of the mouse deer's stomach that was feeling hungry. Then, the mouse deer imaginedhow good it would be if heate his favorite food, namely cucumber. But unfortunately, the cucumber garden that bears fruit is on the other side of the big river. The mouse deer was silent and thoughtabout how tocross this big river huh...

The mouse deer kept thinkingabout how he couldcrossthis big river without having totouch the cold and swift water. Suddenly, the mouse deer lookedat several crocodiles who weresunbathing on the river bank. It is their habit to sunbathe, especially when the sun is hot like this. Without waiting for a long time, the mouse deer immediately approachedone of the crocodiles that wassunbathing.

"Hi crocodile, how are you today?"

Crocodile, who at that time was still enjoying the sunlight, then openedhis eyes andfoundthat there was Si Kancil who wasgreeting. "I'm well. What are you doing here?” asked Crocodile to Si Kancil.

"I'm here to bring good news to you and your herd," answered Si Kancil with a happy face. Hearing these words, of course Crocodile couldn't waitto hear the good newsmeant by Si Kancil. “Immediately tell me what the good news is!”

The hare then said, "I camehere because we wereorderedby the King of the Forest tocount the number of crocodiles in this river, because the King of the Jungle wantstogive gifts to you and all of your herds..." Hearing the name of the King of the Forest, of course, immediately madeCrocodilebelieve him. the talk. "All right, Mouse Deer. You wait here first, I will godown to the bottom of the river tocall all my flock, said Crocodile, immediately crawled quickly to the bottom of the river. While waitingfor Crocodile and the other herds toarrive, Si Kancil was dreamingofhaving his favorite cucumber soon. Not long after, all the crocodiles that were originally at the bottom of the river had gathered on the river bank. The mouse deer then started the conversation again, "Hey crocodiles. I'm here because I've been orderedby the King of the Forest tocount all of you. Because, the King of the Forest wantstogive all of you a special gift today. Therefore, line up all of you from this cliff to the cliff over there…”

Hearing an order related to the King of the Forest, of course, immediately made the crocodiles carry it out without arguing. They immediately lined up neatly in accordance with Si Kancil's orders. "Well Kancil, now count us all," said one of the biggest crocodiles.

The hare then took a piece of wood that was around it and then jumped onto the body of the first crocodile on the bank of the river. He started counting by saying, "One two three dents, male and female I tapped", while tapping the crocodile's head until he managed to cross the big river. After arriving at the opposite bank of the river, the mouse deer immediately jumped for joy and said, "Hey crocodiles, do you know that I actually don't bring good news from the King of the Forest? Actually, I have tricked all of you to be able to cross this great river. Ha…ha…ha…” Seeing the hare laughing while saying that, the crocodiles felt both angry and embarrassed because they had been deceived by the hare. "You are naughty and cunning Kancil. Watch out for you... If we meet again, I'll eat you!” said one of the crocodiles.

The hare was not at all afraid of this threat and immediately ran for joy leaving the crocodiles to immediately head for the juicy cucumber garden. He immediately relieved hunger in the cucumber garden.

bold + underline = irregular verb

bold + italic = regular verb

good luck yaa

sincerely, Elizabeth